hit the jackpot
/ˌhɪt ðə ˈdʒækpɒt/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
to have a big success, usually through luck
Examples
- 1We hit the jackpot with this flat: it's cheap, quiet and close to work.
- 2The small toy company hit the jackpot when its board game became a bestseller.
- 3After twenty rejections, Priya hit the jackpot: three publishers wanted her book.
- 4Leo hit the jackpot at the car boot sale, finding a rare old guitar for five pounds.
- 5Do you think the café will hit the jackpot now that a big office has opened next door?
Grammar
hit does not change in the past: hit, hit. Used for any lucky success, not only for money.
More idioms about success
All 20 idioms and the topic quiz →the sky's the limitthere is no end to what you can achieveon a rollhaving one success after anotherback to square onehaving to start again because an attempt failedmake or breakto cause either complete success or complete failurebounce backto become successful again after a failuredown the drainwasted, with nothing to show for it
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